Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-03-05

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haewsd 'twar ths oaly WY 70 keep him
q var jess prcspscsin' what nd b the
odln' q The businea when i eeed we war
l;an two milss Oh, but tWar eli under water
uepttn, the tops O the reea ! war thinkin'
h6s when the log shed doat In among tho
mout slip Oh, an git my claws
lpon . tree, 'ithout sayin' anythin' to my
ssvslins companion. Jsse q :, that iss minnis
war like . island but what could hev
brought Q island thar Then I recollects
hat he'd seed piece o. high ground about
lhat part o. the parairy-a sort O. mound tnas
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that mound, sure enough. The log war
driftin' in sich way that seed y must pass
within twenty yards o. the mound. dstar.
mined then, q soon - Ne shed git alongside
e put out for = sa leave the painter 70 CON-
"When / f1st siehted the island I Sod
somsthin' that he'd TUX for busheA But
thsr want no bushes On the mound-that
hnowd. Howsomdever, when Ne got q
bsy "s s.I :nat me .n
pair Of bucks horns atween me an the sky.
But thar war Q somethin' still biReer than Q
deer. IL mout b horse or II mout be an
opolous or OF, but thort Il war . horsA l
war right about that for horse IL war, sure
that mar no other than my old critter After
pArtin' company, she he'd turned with the
current /; an as good luck nd hev Il, he'd
swum In . bee-line for the island, an thar
she stood lookln' Is slick - II she had been
enough, ~ 1 kslklated ; an with "a little
rumpus - poesible, clipped over the end
an let 20 my hold o. Il I want right spread
In the water, afore heerd plump, an, look
In round Bit SEED the painter he'd LEFT the
ios' an TUX the water too +! A. a,st tho,t ,t
with one hand, while swum with the other.
But the painter didn't mean fight that time
He made but poor swimmiu' himselL an ap.
peared glad enough to get upon dry groun'
Iithout molestin' me 20 We swum on aide
didn't want 70 mako rscs O 1t; % let
him pass me, rayther than that he ehould fall
behind an get among my lega OF coorcs
he landed fust /; an I could hear BY the
stompin' o. hoofs that his suddint appear.
the critters upon the islAnd. / could see
both deer and mar dancing ali over the
groun' ~ II old nick himself he'd Rot among
sem. None o 'em, howsomdever, thoet o
saain sHnns, to the he. water; They he'd sl ,a he'd
round, 90 - not to land near the painter an
then, touchin' bottom, climbed quietsdly
up on the mound. l he'd hardly drawed my
drippin' CARCASS out o. the water, whom ]
heern loud sqaeal, which know to bs the
whighor o. my old mar an Just ct that min.
nit the critter kim runnin' up an rubbed hel
nose agin my shoulder. ] TUX the halter In
my hand, an aiding round Q leetle,
jumped upon her back, for still war in teal
o. the painter an the mars back appeared
70 me tne safest place about an that wan
81 now looked all round to $50 what com
pany l he'd got into Tho day war jes
breakin', an / could distinguish ieetle bet
ter every minniL The top o. the mouuG
which war above water want over half q
acre In size, an 1t war % clur o. thinner .
any other part o. the parairy, 30 that coul,
- every inch o. it. an everythin' on IL O
big g tumble-bug. l reckin, strenReF. t6s
you'll hardly believe me when On YOU th
concatenation o vArmint6 that war t6en On
thar thar, caucused togssher. l could hardly Be
neve my own eyes when I SEED sich gath
erin an. kthort he'd got aboard O. Noah
srka Thar war-listen, strenger--fust m,
/ ole mar an meself, an | wished both o. u
nywhar else, 1 reckin then thar war tn
| painter, yur ole acquaintance then thar va
four deer, buck an three doea Then kir
. catamount; an artsr him . black ba
| Almost - big - buffalo. Then thar war
| coon an q pOssum an . kupple o. gra
/ wolves an q swamp rabbit, an, darn th
thing, Q stinkin' skunk Perhaps the lal
want the most dangerous varmint on th
| groun', but 1t sartinly war the most disagree,
BILE O. the hui lot, for 1t snelt only as cusse
| pOlecat can smell.
" I've said, stronger, that war mightil
TUX by surprise when tust seed th u cur
Gus clan; jsmfry o. critters but l can tell 20
j war still more dumbfounded when l see
thar behavyur to one auother-knowin' tha
| different naturs as did. Thar war the pair
ter lyin' clost up to the deer--its nat'ri
| prey an thar war the wolves, too an this
| war the ca'amount standin' within ih rec fe<
1 S,S tl,xaV
thar war the bar an the cunnin' old coon
| an thar they all war, no more mindin' on
| another than ii they he'd spent all thar day
| together in the same pen. IT war the odde,
sight ever seed an 1t remembered me
/ . bit o. scriptsr my ole mother he'd otte
sich nsme-ab0ut q lion that war 20 tame b
used to squat down beside Q lamb, 'ithou
layin' claw upon the innscent crittsr. Wal
|. stronger, ~ I'm sayin', the hui party bt
down In the mouth, an badly skeait abou
the water /; but for all that / he'd my fear
that the painter or the bari want afeard G
any o. the others-mout git over thar frigh
afore the flood tell an therefore kept q
quiet as any o. them during the hui time
| war 10 thar company, an s;Ayin' all the tim
clost by the mar. But neythsr bar nor pair
| ter showed any savage sign the hui o. nez
| day nor the night that follored II.
"Strenger, 1t I'D tire you war to tell 20
all the movements that TUX place anon
these critters durin' that long day an nigh
Ne'er one on 'em laid tooth or claw ON th
other. war hungry enough meself, an u
| liked to hev taken q steak from tho buttOck
o. one o the deer, but dar n't do it ! wa
afeard to break the peace which mout q le
to general shindy. When day broke ne,
mornin' srter, seed that the flood war
fallin', an q soon ~ 1t war shallow enouRt
led my mar quietly into the water, an
climbin' upon her back, TUX silent leave
my companions The water still TUX m
| mar up to the TANKS, 30 that knew none I
the varmint could follow 'thout swimmin
| an ne'er q one seemed inclined to try
swim. l struck direct for my neighbor'
shanty, which could see about three mile
on, an in an hour or 30 l war at his dool
Thar didn't stay long but borrowin' q
extra gun which he happened to hsv, an
tskin' him along with his own rifle, wade
my mar back TO the island.
| We found the game not exactly a. he
left It The fall o. the flood had given th
painter, the cat an the wolves courage. Tt
swamp rabbit an the possum war clean gon
| ALI but bits OF thar woOl-an' one o. th
does wsr bstter'n half dsvoured. Ny neigt
bOr TUX one side an the other, an ridir
clost up we surrounded the island.
| plugged the painter At the first shot, an b
did the same Tor the bar. We next layed OF
then we TUX our time about the dser-theG
last and the bar bein' the only yalleybl
| things on the island. The skunk we HI
last ss we didn't want the thing TO stink U
oh the place while we were a.skinnin' th
dear. Arter KILN the skunk We mounts
an, left, OF coOrse loaded with our bar me-
an venison. got my rife artsr all. Whs
tne HOOD went down l found IL near th
n ,aaas OF the PArairy, half buried In tn